Docset Viewer: Unusable Review

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UnusableEvery docset I attempt to open gives me an error message, "There was a problem opening this docset. Try resetting the cache for this docset." I have no clue how to reset the cache. All the docsets work fine on my Mac. Wasted $10.

Perfect addition to my toolkit!The Good:
There's something about having old school way of reading docs in your hand. App works great as advertised.
It's simple to use and load new doc sets. Much faster than Xcode's reference library.
Some Improvement Needed:
WebDav Transfer - I'm sure it works, however the label that displays the URL for the server is truncated. (…) - so knock a STAR off for that.
-- Mike you should use a second line or set the label to automatically scale the text.
-- Also most users hate to type in ip addresses, they are difficult to remember, so - why not add a button and action to email the link to make it easier to use.
Text sizes and layout - Text is too small for reading!
- I really wish developers would consider using core text or custom style sheets and a UIWebView to display documents.
Kindle and other e-readers get it right, text controls to scale and text flows through the layout.
The one benefit of HTML docs is the ability to change the text size, or inject a new style sheet.
Bummed that this app is missing this feature. Look at Pulse and some of the other readers - they have a "web view" toggle.
The PDF like view with it's tap to zoom is annoying, and unusable for those with poor eyesight.
Orientation UI:
I love the swipe to move the Menu out of the way
-- HOWEVER in Landscape it doesn't appear to work. Having said the text size issues, one simple fix for (most apps) is to rotate the app to landscape to utilize the full screen width. (i.e. Text gets bigger) - that's not case here, the split view menu is a fixed width.
-- add the swipe to hide the menu on the landscape view.
So Mike, I do love reading your blog (add that to the options), and this app is a good addition to any developers toolkit. I'm sure you'll consider some suggestions on the UI, for future versions.

Crashes on invocation, support email nonexistentI was willing to cut the developer some slack, as a fellow developer I know stuff happens and once in a while something gets by your testing. However, when I tried to write an email to the dev using the support link on his site to offer some help with testing, I got an error saying the email account does not exist. Now THAT is unforgivable, especially when you are charging $10 for an app.
So, until an update arrives, save yourself $10 and DO NOT purchase this app. I'm requesting a refund.

Avoid this appThis appears to be a plagiarised, less refined, version of the original DocSets app, available on the App Store for $2.99. The BSD v2 license source code for DocSets is available on GitHub, and it seems that this app is just that source code thrown together with a few modifications.